Flux transfer events produced by the onset of merging at multiple X lines

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A2, 2000, Pages 2657-2675

  Ku, Hwar C ^a   Sibeck, David G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449129552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900431     Document Type: Article

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